Finger ring



Nov.- 3, '1931. w. c, PA'TT 1,830,619

FINGER RING Filed Sept. 24. 1929 Patented Nov. 3, 1931 UNITED STATES.iS- T FFICE WINFIELD C. PATT, OF AUBURN, RHODE ISLAND, AYSSIfSrlhTOE-VT Li G. BALFOUR COIVIV-,I

PANY, 0F ATTLEBORO, AMASSAGT-IUSETTS, A COB-PORATIN 0F MASSACHUSETTSFINGER RING- Applicaton led September 24, 1929. SeralNo. 394,780.

My invention relates to emblem nger rings of the type wherein theornamental 1nsignia of the mounting is exposed above a stone.

Heretofore in this type of ring the metal insignia or ornament restedclamped upon the exposed face of the stone by pegs or screw passingthrough holes in the stone. This involved drilling which cracked,weakened, and sometimes destroyed the stone or ornament, and involved agreat labor expense.

The essential objects of my invention are to avoid drilling or otherwisemutilating, weakening, or destroying the stone; to accommodate thesetting for stones of various thicknesses; to enable the use of stonesof dif* ferent circumferential dimensions without unsightliness oringress of dirt; to enable the mounting of the stone without a lateralincision of the ring head; and to attain these ends in a structureinexpensive and easy to construct.

To the above ends essentially my invention consists in such parts and insuch combinations of parts as fall within the scope of the appendedclaims.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification,

F iOures 1 and 2 are a top plan view and a side elevation respectivelyof a ring embodying my invention,

Figure 3, an enlarged' fragmentary section of the same on line 3-3 ofFigure 1,

Figure 4, a perspective view of the stone and its contiguous partsassembled preparatory to mounting, and

Figures 5, 6 and 7, similar views respectively of the ring, stone, andcup disassembled. V

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the views.

As herein shown the ring comprises the shank 10 and head or table 11.The latter is centrally bored to form a vertically disposed hole oropening 13, in this instance peripherally elliptical in outline.

Integral with or fixed to the upper face of the table is an ornamentalhousing plate provided with a central elliptical recess 16 substantiallycoinciding with the opening 13.

`The plate comprises an elliptical frame 18 bounding the recess 16, anda central ornament, emblem, or insignia 17 covering the recess providedwith visual apertures or interstices 19 opening into the r-ecess. Theseapertures are optionally andartistically arranged in number and shape toconform to the particular figure constituting the ornament. In thisinstance the apertures are four l f `in this instance iselliptical.Thesestones commercially vary more or less in thickness and lateraldimensions. rllhe stone before insertion into the ring is more orl lessencased in metal thus. The stone is placed in a supporting member 22comprising an 'el-V liptical plate 23 and preferably a vertical fla-nge24. An open cap 26, as shown in Figure 5, comprises. an ellipticalringor band 27 provided with an inwardly directed peripheral bead or flange28. This flange overlaps the upper marginal face of the stone andsupports the ring 27 which surrounds the stone. The combined height ofthe flange 24 and of the ring 27 is slightly less than the hcigh t ofthe stone, so as to accommodate the members 22 and 26 to stones ofdiffering thicknesses; Y

Theflange'28 of thek ring 27 serves the ad ditionalv purpose ofconcealing from 4above any peripheral space which may occur between thering and stone when .the latter varies in diameter, and also preventsthe ingress of dust and dirt.

T he stone, substantially enclosed with thev exception of its open top,is manually slid into its seat with the flange 28 or the stone 20 in:contact with the portion 17 of the plate, and is fixed therein by theinsertion of solder between the periphery of the plate 23 and the ringhead or table 11, as at 30.

lt will be observed that the insignia 17, carried by or integral withthe plate 15 has, by virtue of the interstices or apertures 19 which sexpose the stone 20, the appearance of an orna-ment fixed directly tothe stone. Further,

that no rivets, screws, or other elements injurious to the stone areemployed, nor does the insertion of the stone into the ring headlinvolve any lateral incision in the latter.

The members 22 and 26 upon the exterior of the stone facilitates theassembling of the rind.

llhe form of ring shown combines all the advantages hereinabove setforth, but it Will be understood that rings may be designed.

which 'will embody some of the advantages Without embodying all, andthat such rings Would be Within the invention, the various features otwhich are not limited in their vscope to construction in which all saidfea-n tures are present.

l claim 1. A linger ring or the like having a table, a vertical boreextending therethrough, an insignia plate spanning the. upper end ofsaidbore but leaving exposed visual openings, a stone within said bore,means for supporting said stone With its top surface adjacent saidinsignia plate and an open top metal cap, the interior of which litssaid stone and the exterior of which tits said bore.

2. A linger ring or the like having a table,

a housing plate mounted thereon, a vertical bore extending through thehousing plate and table. an insignia plate mounted on said housin plateand spanning the upper end of the bore but leaving exposed visualopenings, a stone Within said bore, means for supporting said stone withits top surface adjacent said insignia plate and an open top metal cap,the interior of which lits the stone and the exterior of Which fits saidbore. Y i

3. A finger ring or the like having a table, avertical bore extendingtherethrough, an in# signifi plate spanning the upper end of the borebut leaving exposed visual openings, a

stone Within said bore, a cup for supporting the stone With its Vtopadjacent said insignia plate, and an open top metal cap, the interior ciWhichts said stone and the exterior of which fits said bore.

^i-. A linger ring or the like having a table, a veit-ical boreextending therethrough, an insignia plate spanning the upper end of the`bore but leaving exposed visual openings, a stone Within said bore,means forsupporting said stone with its top surface adjacent saidinsignia plate and an open vtop metal cap, the interior ot which fitssaid stone and the exterior of Which lits said bore, said cap forining arim at the upper end of said bore.

In testimony whereof I have aiiixed myfsignature.

, WINFIELD C.y PATT.

